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Senator Thomas Coburn
Republican • Oklahoma • 5th Term • Sworn In 1995
- 20 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 88 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 49 of 100)
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- Sen. Sherrod Brown
- Votes with party 84%
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Just say no to activists' pledges
There was an ugly incident early this month when ATR's president, Grover Norquist, savaged the reliably frugal and conservative Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., for his amendment to repeal costly, wasteful, market-distorting ethanol subsidies.
Do All Evangelical Leaders Believe Gays Should Be Put to Death?
South Carolina's Senator DeMint? Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma? Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma? Senator Sessions of Alabama? I could go on and on. How about Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, who garnered support from evangelical leaders and echoed ...
Fitzpatrick pushes federal flood program
The Senate last week passed the 60-day extension after adding a provision by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that would gradually eliminate premium rate subsidies for people buying second homes and vacation homes in flood-prone areas. Coburn said that could save
Federal Disability Insurance Nears Collapse
Nor did House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). That both parties are ignoring the issue aggravates Republican Senator Tom Coburn (Okla.), one of the few lawmakers who wants the program overhauled. “Nobody wants to touch things ...
Flood Insurance Program Gets Another Two Months
If lawmakers hadn’t acted, the program would have expired Thursday just as hurricane season starts. At the urging of Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.), the short-term extension included one permanent change for the program: Owners of second homes ...
Crop insurance under attack
...Senate, Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), from the heart of the Corn Belt, has signed on to a May 8 letter with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) calling for some unspecified cap on the insurance subsidy. Nonetheless, the Senate bill now heads in the oppos
Congress votes to allow guns in national parks
Democratic leaders decided not to remove the gun provision after Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., was able to insert it into a popular bill imposing new restrictions on credit card companies. Lawmakers and aides said there was not enough time to send ...
Fed flood insurance program gets 60-day extension
The Senate last week passed the 60-day extension after adding a provision by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that would gradually eliminate premium rate subsidies for people buying second homes and vacation homes in flood-prone areas. Coburn said that could save
Coburn Asks HHS To Block Usage Of Exhaustive Disease Guide
Law360, New York (May 30, 2012, 4:35 PM ET) -- Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., called Tuesday for federal health officials to halt implementation of a new disease-classification system, saying its granular detail covering injuries sustained in opera houses and .
House Expected to Agree to Senate’s 60-Day Extension of Flood Program Tonight
The agreement was struck by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., Ranking Member Richard Shelby, R-Ala.), Sen. David Vitter, R-La. and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
Bob Kerrey's entitlement honesty: Michael Gerson
Richard] Durbin and when [Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell didn't put on [Sen. Tom] Coburn." Both Durbin and Coburn had taken the political risk of supporting Simpson-Bowles. "Had they been on the supercommittee, it might have been a different outcome."
Fed flood insurance program gets 60-day extension
...get a companion bill to the floor for a vote. The Senate last week passed the 60-day extension after adding a provision by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that would gradually eliminate premium rate subsidies for people buying second homes and vacation homes
George Zimmerman prosecutor backs George LeMieux for Senate
This announcement follows four consecutive landslide straw poll victories, the endorsement of Senator Tom Coburn, Herman Cain, 34 sitting Florida legislators, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, the National Tax Limitation Committee PAC, former ...
Neumann Campaign: U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn to campaign with Mark Neumann in Wisconsin
United States Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) will campaign with U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Neumann in Green Bay and Milwaukee on June 11. Senator Coburn was recently rated America’s “Most Conservative” U.S. Senator by National Journal. He’s considered .
This Week's Top GOP Congressional Events
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is hosting a lunch discussion of his new book "The Debt Bomb" in New York this afternoon that will benefit TACPAC, which stands for the Truth, Accountability and Courage Political Action Committee. The ask is $5,000 for hosts ...
Congress Unwilling to Address Disability Plan’s Shortfall
Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, said he has tried to interest fellow lawmakers in the issue, so far without much luck. “Nobody wants to touch things where they can be criticized,” Coburn said, adding, “the fund is going ...
A rift over the GOP's tax pledge?
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a fiscal conservative who has tangled with Norquist, said he believes candidates are starting to understand that the ATR pledge’s power has been exaggerated by Norquist and the media and that Norquist is wrong when ...
Marion Barry: I misspoke when I said 'Polacks'
Ethics committee admonishes senator WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Ethics committee has admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn over his involvement with a staffer to former Sen. John Ensign. In a letter released Friday, the six-member panel said Coburn's ...
Video: Romney adviser: Obama policies "hostile to job creators"
...Gibbs, Ed Gillespie, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and a panel of authors. Coburn: U.S. "should see another downgrade" Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says "You can have a great legal case for suing the rating agencies for not downgrading us again because we ha
Anti-tax crusader sentenced to 15 months
Conservative Coburn endorses LeMieux Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, known as a strict conservative, has endorsed George LeMieux in the Florida Republican Senate primary. The endorsement follows an announcement Tuesday by Rep. Connie Mack IV ...
Anti-tax crusader sentenced to 15 months
Conservative Coburn endorses LeMieux Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, known as a strict conservative, has endorsed George LeMieux in the Florida Republican Senate primary. The endorsement follows an announcement Tuesday by Rep. Connie Mack IV ...
Tax dollars shouldn't be used for political conventions
Regarding “Coburn targets party conventions” (News, May 20): I agree with U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, that our tax dollars shouldn't be used to fund Democratic and Republican conventions. The article said $17 million in tax money is given to each
Reclaiming Freedom PAC says it will assist Allen
Allen also has picked up the endorsement of Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who was a member of the "Gang of Six" deficit reduction group founded by Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va.
Rating Agencies Warn Further Downgrade Without Deficit Plan
Currently, it sees better-than-even odds that it will downgrade the United States. Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a member of the Simpson-Bowles debt commission and a long time spending hawk, agrees with the findings. “We’re going to get another downgrad
Bill Maher: Obama Didn't Support Simpson-Bowles Because Republicans Didn't
For those that have forgotten, it needed fourteen votes for formal endorsement. Here were the Ayes: Erskine Bowles (Former Clinton Chief-of-Staff), Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Ok.), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Id.), Dave Cote ...
Senate ethics panel admonishes Coburn over Ensign aide
WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) for improperly meeting with a lobbyist and former aide to Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who resigned from the Senate after having an affair with ...
GOP Sen. Tom Coburn reprimanded for role in John Ensign affair
WASHINGTON - The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Friday for improperly meeting with a lobbyist and former aide to Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who resigned from the Senate after having an ...
Rating Agencies Warn Further Downgrade Without Deficit Plan
Currently, it sees better-than-even odds that it will downgrade the United States. Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a member of the Simpson-Bowles debt commission and a long time spending hawk, agrees with the findings. “We’re going to get another downgrad
Senate committee admonishes Sen. Coburn
WASHINGTON - The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday for an aspect of his role in the scandal that led to the resignation last year of Sen. John Ensign. The committee said Coburn should not have met with Ensign ...
GOP Sen. Tom Coburn reprimanded for role in John Ensign affair
...- The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Friday for improperly meeting with a lobbyist and former aide to Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who resigned from the Senate after having an affair with the aide’s
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